U.S. EX REL., GIBSON v. McGINNIS

No. 91-2025.

793 F.Supp. 173 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Benjamin J. GIBSON, Petitioner, v. Kenneth McGINNIS, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Danville Division.

April 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Inman, Peoria, Ill., for petitioner.

Nathan P. Maddox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for respondents.


ORDER

HAROLD ALBERT BAKER, District Judge.

In November, 1990, Benjamin Gibson petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In this petition, Gibson alleged numerous grounds for relief, but only his claim that the admission of statements he made to a jailhouse informant violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel is at issue today. On direct appeal from Gibson's conviction, the Illinois Appellate Court held that the trial court...

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